Max von Sydow (born Carl Adolf von Sydow; April 10, 1929 – March 8, 2020) was a Swedish actor. He also held French citizenship since 2002. He starred in many films and had supporting roles in dozens more. He performed in films filmed in many languages, including Swedish, Norwegian, English, Italian, German, Danish, French and Spanish.Some of his most memorable film roles include knight Antonius Block in Ingmar Bergmans The Seventh Seal (the first of his eleven films with Bergman and the film that includes the iconic shot of his career in the scene where he plays chess with Death), Jesus in George Stevenss The Greatest Story Ever Told, Father Merrin in Friedkins The Exorcist, Joubert the assassin in Three Days of the Condor, and Ming the Merciless in the 1980 version of Flash Gordon.He was twice nominated for the Academy Award - Best Leading Actor for Pelle the Conqueror (1988) and Best Supporting Actor for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011).
Antonius Block
Film 1957
Henrik Åkerman
Film 1957
Self (archive footage)
Film 2017
Samuel
Film 2001
Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand
Film 1987
Eyvind
Film 2004
Father Lankester Merrin
Film 1977
Self
Film 1964
Martin
Film 1961
Self
Film 1979
Töre
Film 1960
Tiberius
Film 2007
G. Joubert
Film 1975
Baron
Film 1975
Jan Rosenberg
Film 1968
Karl Oskar
Film 1971
Le commandant
Film 2009
Johan Åkerblom
Film 1992
Albert Emanuel Vogler
Film 1958
Jonas Persson
Film 1963
Film 2017
Karl Oskar
Film 1972
Andreas Winkelman
Film 1969
Abner Hale
Film 1966
Harry Andersson
Film 1958
Supreme Court President
Film 1976
Film 1985
(archive footage)
Film 1993
Self (archive footage)
Film 1974
Jacob
Film 1996
Self
Film 2011
Roy Lindberg
Film 1971
Cap. Ortiz
Film 1976
Moretti
Film 2001
Groom
Film 1951
Johan Borg
Film 1968
Narrator (voice)
Film 1996
Salomon August Andrée
Film 1982
Self
Film 2000
Harry Haller
Film 1974
Valobra
Film 2004
Eugene O'Neill
Film 1993
Davide
Film 1997
Knut Hamsun
Film 1996
Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski
Film 1976
Self - Father Merrin
Film 1998
Vigo (voice) (uncredited)
Film 1989
Andreas Vergerus
Film 1971
Scott Swenson
Film 1965
The Devil
Film 1984
Self
Film 2000
Narrator (voice)
Film 1995
Marketing Guru
Film 2012
The Father
Film 1975
Self (archive footage)
Film 2023
Arcivescovo di Torino
Film 1994
Von Schleheim
Film 1990
Henry Kesdi
Film 1992
Nils
Film 1949
The Man
Film 1962
Vicar
Film 1996
Coronel O'Donnell
Film 1982
Joe Mueller
Film 1990
Self
Film 2012
Bergman
Film 1956
Olof
Film 1953
The Father
Film 1962
(archive footage)
Film 1995
Sidka
Film 1984
Smålands-Pelle
Film 1966
Vicar
Film 1991
Gustav Olofsson
Film 1968
Marcello Herrighe
Film 1981
Alex Kvist
Film 1965
Self - Co-Host
Film 1982
Hunter
Film 1957
Horst, Gestapo-mand
Film 1958
Celeste van Exem
Film 2014
Dr. Huber
Film 1987
Dr. Danielsson
Film 1979
Le croque-mort
Film 2016
Bo Stensson Svenningson
Film 1958
Film 1988
Gérard Bauerle
Film 1984
S.A. Andrée (voice)
Film 1997
Nijinsky's voice
Film 1981
Papa Clemente VII
Film 1990
Film 2012
Peter Barak
Film 1985
Magnus Rud
Film 1969
Film 1982
Father Siemes
Film 1990
Spinola
Film 1985
Kvist
Film 1965
Epos
Film 1997
Dr. Alistair Conis
Film 2013
Simon S.L. Fromm
Film 1993
The Professor
Film 1994
Freud
Film 2000
The Last Norweigian Troll (voice)
Film 2010
Narrator (voice)
Film 1995
Self
Film 1972
Self
Film 1968
Narrator (voice)
Film 1995
Passenger on Train (Director's Cut) (uncredited)
Film 2010
Carlo di Vilalfratti
Film 1983
Self
Film 1985
Anders Frost
Film 1960
Narrator (voice)
Film 2010
Joe Kaufman
Film 1994
Matthew Lawrence
Film 1975
Self
Film 1989
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Film 1996
Nikolas Andreou (Aged)
Film 2021
Voice
Film 1988
Gustaf Ömark
Film 1957
Narrator (voice)
Film 1991
Baron Franz von Trotta und Sipolje
Tv 1995
Epos
Tv 1997
Re Giovanni del Portogallo
Tv 1985
Melchior Sinclaire
Tv 1986
Tiberio
Tv 2007
Psicoanalista dell’aldilà
Tv 1998
Self
Tv 1964
Arcivescovo di Torino
Tv 1994
Self - Best Director winner
Tv 1981
Self - Host
Tv 1981
Self - Best Actor winner
Tv 1981
Eyvind
Tv 2004
Self - Nominee/Presenter
Tv 1944